Beatmania and emulation

[Kyle]

So I'm thinking about to buy Beatmania for PS. And I wonder, is it possible to use the Beatmania controller with any Emulator? I haven't found any options in ePSX or Xebra.
Any idea?

[fast]

You will probably have to use a third party program to map the buttons to keys on the keyboard - ie joy2key or ppjoy for windows. Then map those buttons to the controller buttons needed.

[Kyle]

You will probably have to use a third party program to map the buttons to keys on the keyboard - ie joy2key or ppjoy for windows. Then map those buttons to the controller buttons needed.

Sounds good! I will try it.
I know there are many beatmania games in Japan. Can anyone recommend some?

[toredauei]

i can reccomend you the game that I have for sale in my fs thread http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 70#p118070
let me know if you're interested, ive had this for sale for a while so I would most likely be willing to reduce price a bit if you are.

[Kyle]

Can I use the Beatmania controller from PS for the Ps2 beatmania games?

[Xonticus]

I think you can actually get any of the xbox 360 wired dance pads and hook em up to your pc, and use it that way. Saves you time and compatibility hassles.

[Erik_Twice]

Can I use the Beatmania controller from PS for the Ps2 beatmania games?

Yes but you have a Beatmania controller not a Beatmania IIDX controller. The IIDX controller and games have 7 keys instead of 5. You can use it but you will have to toggle the "5-key" option which autoplays the 6th and 7th note.

I advise you to get a 7-key controller as it makes the game more enjoyable. I advise you the use of Lunatic Rave because it's the best emulator around.

Also some people say there are certain ways to get the arcade game running on Windows XP...

[Niode]

I think you can actually get any of the xbox 360 wired dance pads and hook em up to your pc, and use it that way. Saves you time and compatibility hassles.

Beatmania and DDR are different things.

[Kyle]

so I managed it to connect the beatmania controller with my PC and to play emulated beatmania games. I configured the buttons to the beatmania controlls and choosed in the options in the game to take the normal controller and it works!

[gravitone]

I suggest you download mame. It plays all first generation beatmania arcade games flawlessly. Second generation (DXII) should work sometime in the future as well. Qualitatively, the arcade games are much better then the playstation titles, and your beatmania controller should work just fine with it.